I expect this piece of research to give me confidence. In future, I shall not be afraid to look at a new idea and try it out – under controlled conditions – to see whether it improves my practice. I recognise that a willingness to experiment in this way, bearing in mind the curriculum, and the demands of achievement criteria, will keep teaching and learning fresh and exciting. At best, the impact on the learners will be to maintain or enhance their enthusiasm, and to improve their ability to understand new material and remember it.
Data collection will have to be very simple, as the understanding of the learners is limited. I will probably opt for a before-and-after test of retention, possibly delivered orally, and recorded by TAs, whose
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There is also the possibility that some individuals might become over-excited. In that case, they would also be encouraged to sit out with a TA, and I should have to reconsider the type of movement/rest introduced. I would not want to exclude any learner from taking part, so I should have to find an inclusive activity, with which to break up the learning “chunks”. I shall not be doing anything which moves away from the school’s code of conduct.
When I planned my piece of action research, I had in mind a little piece of research in mice from 1999 by van Praag et al. (1999) which showed that mice that exercised regularly became better at learning than sedentary mice; in other words, physical activity may be a way to boost brain function and increase learning. I first had to decide whether my approach would be inductive or deductive. For an inductive approach, I should have first collected data from my learners about their preferred/ most successful methods of learning, and results of previous teaching and learning sessions. I should then have studied it, looking for patterns to emerge, relevant to my ideas about stimulating their brains through exercise, and delivering the lesson in short “chunks”. From the data and the reflection, I would then have produced an hypothesis, which I would then have tested, thus moving from data to theory.
An example of an inductive study is Ferguson and colleagues’ (Ferguson, Kim, & McCoy, 2011) analysis of empirical data to
The wider community believe that teaching falls under a simple banner of ‘basic pedagogy’ that involves the giving of information by the teacher, who then tests their students’ knowledge through questioning, homework and exams. Many do not know the full range of pedagogical options that can be utilised by teachers to engage students in their education. There is nothing wrong with the activities that make up the ‘basic pedagogy’ and any of
In our day to day studies, almost everything is transformed into our understanding by the creation of arguments in our brains. An argument is basically described as a process of making what we think clear to ourselves and others .the final goal of an argument is usually to reach a conclusion which is sufficiently persuasive to convince someone of something. Any argument that relies on collection of data, on measurement, on information collected somehow (rather than on a general principle) is known as an inductive argument. On the other hand an argument which begins with a generally true phrase to a particular phrase is known as a deductive argument.
Students have their own best way in effectively learning the lesson. With the diversity of students, the problem is each student has a preferred learning style. It becomes undeniably one of the reasons that make it difficult to achieve the best expected outcome out of teachers’ effort. However, teachers try to incorporate various teaching techniques to make every learning opportunity become productive, meaningful, and relevant for the learners.
Another impact of the new learning that I will follow in Module 1 that I will follow is as a teacher I need to make sure that the lesson is interesting and all the learners involved in carrying out the
To prevent disengaged behaviors and other types behaviors the article states to engage the students in the learning activities. My intake
Assessments for learning contributes to future planning for all who are involved in the learning process. All involved in the assessments for learning will learn from the experience.
None of the ideas in this chapter is new. Although some of them tend to be identified with specific programs, individuals, or locations, they are presented here as generic—that is, as applicable in virtually any classroom, in any subject area. All are adaptable.
In order to obtain this information on retention two experiments were conducted using psychological testing to collect data (Weiten, 2014). The first was a experimental 2 x 3 factorial design, using one hundred twenty undergraduate students from Washington University, ages 18 to 24 (Roddiger & Karpicke, 2005). The independent variables that were manipulated were the different learning conditions and time between studying and test taking, as well as when the subjects would take the final retention test which occurred either 5-minutes, 2-days, or 1-week after the end of the 1st phase of the experiment (Roddiger & Karpicke, 2005). The dependent variable were how much information could the subjects reten and their performance on the final retention test given in phase 2 of the experiment. The order of learning conditions and the order of the passages given to the subjects were the same were counterbalanced across all the subjects. After the experiment was
Some of my topmost stressors I come across on a daily basis regardless of academic life or professional life are, waiting on grades to be announced, time constrictions and striving for excellence. I get very restless while waiting for my grades to be posted even though I know in the back of my mind that I have strived to do my best on the graded assignment. Due to this stressor, I experience burdensome emotional reaction while waiting on my grades. My next large stressor are time constrictions on all the tasks at hand. Even if I know I have a week to complete an assignment I will usually try to complete the task as soon as possible, even though I know I have a week to complete the task. This is due to self-gratification of completing the task
“By equipping (students) with a repertoire of strategies for learning...teachers can provide (them) with the tools for a lifetime of successful learning”, (Sturomski, July 1997).
This question determines the educator’s ability to use a motivation and engagement technique that they are not necessarily familiar.
As a teacher, our responsibility is to plan effective lessons for our students to learn from. Although, the hardest part of being a teacher is grasping the student’s motivation to learn. Therefore, the educational philosophers Borich and Wong have different approaches to make us effective teachers motivate our students to learn new and exciting teachings. These different methods may include a wide range of how teachers run their classrooms, or what specific standards are being targeted, and maybe even how effective their planning techniques are. Not to mention, students may also expect positive expectations from the teacher and ways to help them succeed. On the other note, inviting students to learn may be easier than thought, in which may result in positive student behavior. Thus, my opinion of what Borich and Wong have to say about student learning is very beneficial to me so, that one day I may use their techniques in my very own classroom.
There is no doubt our educational system is more complex than ever before. There is much to consider when looking at the balance between theories, proven methods, and the reasons why we chose to invest such time into our children’s education. In this paper I will touch on these theories, methods and the importance of the education.
Subsequent, there are a variety of strategies that teachers are able to use throughout lessons to assist in student engagement. One strategy is whole brain teaching or power teaching. Whole brain teaching consists of highly disciplined and tightly organized teaching practices that are delivered through fun, games and humor. Marzano (2012) shared that four ways to get and keep your students’ attention are high energy, missing information, mild controversy or competition, and mild pressure. Implementing the high-energy strategy in your lessons is finding ways to incorporate movement. The type of movement varies from something as simple as using three different colored highlighters to highlight different types
Education has long been the center of reform with new ideas about learning and teaching. Educators are regularly introduced to new teaching strategies, curricula and rigorous standards in an effort to provide effective instruction to students. However, the pursuit of proficiency in mathematics and reading through the use of research-based methods requires an understanding of the learning models and theories that both drive instruction and learning in the classroom. In this paper I will address the evolution of ideas about learning and teaching in education as well as address the shifts in learning in the 21st century.